Tag: Harvey Weinstein

When the subject of Hollywood and President Barack Obama comes up, most people think of the celebrities who cut videos supporting the leader’s two runs for the White House. Others might name check movie producer Harvey Weinstein, one of Obama’s

President Barack Obama is back on the fundraising trail, and that means he’s spending some quality time with Hollywood denizens. Movie producer Harvey Weinstein once more is behind a major Obama fundraiser, and the outspoken filmmaker brought along one of

The First Family must know its compulsion for throwing lavish, star-studded parties, at a time when the country is still reeling from the Obama “recovery,” is a recipe for lousy optics. So the family tried–and failed–to keep secret an inauguration

Director Quentin Tarantino pours his heart into every drop of fake blood splattered across his movies. He’s unapologetic about the violence in his film canon, refusing to admit it might play any sort of role in real-world violence. Yet when

Film producer Harvey Weinstein gave–and gave–to President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign last year. And he’s not done yet. The Hollywood mainstay will open up his Manhattan home May 13 for an Obama fundraiser with tickets going for $32,400 a couple,

Writer/director Andrew Dominik doesn’t mince words, or politics, in his new thriller Killing Them Softly. The Brad Pitt vehicle, now out on Blu-ray and DVD, casts the actor as a world-weary hit man assigned to kill a pair of low-level

A report from Vulture.com today states that Harvey Weinstein “retained” former deputy campaign manager to Barack Obama Stephanie Cutter to promote his Best Picture nominee, Silver Linings Playbook. Vulture didn’t report whether Cutter was paid or not. But on February

With the 85th Annual Academy Awards airing Sunday, it’s time for fellow Big Hollywood contributor John Hanlon and I to make our predictions in the actor categories. Last year was an incredible time for movies, showcasing dozens of fantastic performances

Harvey Weinstein, a vocal supporter of President Barack Obama and Oscar-winning film producer, claimed Sunday night that Obama backed off from anti-piracy action in 2012 because it was an election year. Speaking at the PGA Producers’ Breakfast in Park City, Weinstein

Quentin Tarantino’s tremendously violent Django Unchained opens Tuesday, and producer Harvey Weinstein may be looking over his shoulder, because The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is still riding high after its second weekend, having grabbed $36.7 million this past weekend and

Samuel L. Jackson, one of the stars of the new Quentin Tarantino-directed, Harvey Weinstein-produced Django Unchained, is speaking out against those who would restrict access to firearms or scale back violence in films in reaction to the massacre in Sandy

Even as Django Unchained producer Harvey Weinstein cancels the Los Angeles premiere of the film, and star Jamie Foxx admits that film violence can inspire real life violence, director Quentin Tarantino is unbowed in his defense of ultra-violent depictions of

Thanks to the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, producer Harvey Weinstein has cancelled the Los Angeles premiere of Quentin Tarantino’s blood-soaked new Jamie Foxx vehicle, Django Unchained. A representative of The Weinstein Company announced, “Our thoughts and prayers go out to

President Barack Obama interrupted Sunday night’s Patriots-49ers game to tell the country we must change in the wake of Friday’s mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Conn. Obama warned that no single law can prevent more atrocities like

Uber-producer Harvey Weinstein’s latest film, “Django Unchained,” may be the year’s most violent release. Star Jamie Foxx insists movie violence can inspire people to commit real atrocities. So why would Weinstein, on the heels of the tragic school shooting in

Harvey Weinstein is used to getting his way. The mega-producer behind Oscar winners such as “The King’s Speech” and “Shakespeare in Love” can usually muscle his movies into awards season conversations each fall.This year, Harvey watched as an interview with

NEW YORK, Nov. 8 (UPI) — Clear Channel, Madison Square Garden and The Weinstein Co. say they will produce a New York concert to raise money for Hurricane Sandy relief. The companies previously teamed up for the historic Sept. 11

Producer Harvey Weinstein has done virtually all he can to push President Obama to victory tonight, from serving as a bundler to unleashing anti-Tea Party movies like “Butter” on the public. Weinstein even scooped up the rights to a film

The folks behind the home video of “The Campaign” picked a week before Election Day for its official street date. Savvy choice, no doubt. The film’s Blu-ray release is meant to remind viewers of how unchecked money impacts modern politics,

This weekend’s “SEAL Team Six: The Raid on Osama bin Laden” broadcast on the National Geographic channel, producer Harvey Weinstein’s Hail Mary pass to remind voters of President Barack Obama’s one unabashed triumph, doesn’t tell the whole story. The America

While Hollywood is busy fawning over the pompous president who takes credit for killing Osama bin Laden, they’re completely overlooking a story that has all the makings of a film classic. On November 4, “SEAL Team 6“ will air on National Geographic.

The New York Times reveals today–in a classic buried lede–that Harvey Weinstein’s film about the killing of Osama bin Laden, set to air on the National Geographic Channel two days before the election, originally included a scene showing Gov. Mitt Romney